Rope-buckle

ABSTRACT

A rope buckle includes a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate, substantially parallel to each other, a through hole and a pivot seat disposed on both ends of the first clamping plate respectively, a position limit module disposed adjacent to the through hole, a positioning rod pivotally installed to an end of the second clamping plate and passed through the through hole of the first clamping plate, and whose end being secured by a fixing nut, and a press module having a press rod provided for passing a first pivot to pivotally install a pivot seat of the first clamping plate, and an end of the press rod is extended to a position positioned by the position limit module, and another end of the press rod is pulled at the second clamping plate for clamping and fixing the second clamping plate and the first clamping plate.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a technical area of tying objects, inparticular to a rope buckle featuring a convenient use and a low cost.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

In a conventional way of tying goods such as tying large-sized cargoesonto a container and a truck, the goods are fixed by tying a pluralityof ropes on the surface of the goods to prevent the goods from fallingdown and improve the safety of goods transportation, and a hand pulleris generally installed to each rope and provided for binding both endsof the rope to achieve the fixing effect. However, each rope requires ahand puller for the fixing, and the hand pullers incur a high cost andhave a disadvantage of being loosened by mistake easily. Obviously, theconventional way of tying goods has cost and safety issues.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a primary objective of the present invention to overcome the highcost and the low safety issues of the conventional way of tying goods byredesigning a rope buckle, such that after the hand puller binds therope, and the rope buckle clamps and fixes the rope, the hand puller canbe removed to achieve the effects of binding a plurality of ropes by asingle hand puller, providing a convenient use, lowering the cost oftying objects, and improving the safety of its use.

To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention provides arope buckle, comprising: a first clamping plate, a through hole and apivot seat disposed at both ends of the first clamping plate a positionlimit module installed adjacent to the through hole, a second clampingplate installed parallel to the first clamping plate, a positioning rodpivotally installed to an end of the second clamping plate and passedthrough the through hole of the first clamping plate, and an a fixingnut for securing an end of the positioning rod. The rope buckle furthercomprises a press module having a press rod provided for passing a firstpivot to pivotally install a pivot seat of the first clamping plate, andan end of the press rod is extended to a position positioned by theposition limit module, and another end of the press rod is pulled at thesecond clamping plate for clamping and fixing the second clamping plateand the first clamping plate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing the components in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of clamping a first clamping plate and asecond clamping plate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the status of finishing the clampingof the first clamping plate and the second clamping plate of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a press module in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a press module in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a press module in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a press module in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the present invention combined with ahooking element;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a hooking element in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a partial schematic view of the present invention applied toa truck;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional side view of a first clamping plate and asecond clamping plate before being clamped together in accordance withthe present invention;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional side view of a first clamping plate and asecond clamping plate clamped together in accordance with the presentinvention;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of combining a positioning module inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a partial cross-sectional view of the present inventiondepicted in FIG. 14 and installed to a truck.

FIG. 16 is a partial cross-sectional view of a positioning moduleinstalled to a truck in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a hooking element combined with apositioning module in accordance with another preferred embodiment ofthe present invention;

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional side view of a first clamping plate and asecond clamping plate as depicted in FIG. 18 before they are clampedtogether in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional side view of a first clamping plate and asecond clamping plate as depicted in FIG. 18 after they are clampedtogether in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for a rope buckle of the presentinvention, the buckle comprises:

a first clamping plate 10, having at least one first embossed portion100 disposed on a surface of the first clamping plate 10, a firstembossed portion 100 disposed on both sides of the first clamping plate10 separately, a through hole 101 and a pivot seat 102 disposed at bothends of the first clamping plate 10 respectively, a position limitmodule 103 disposed adjacent to the through hole 101, and the positionlimit module 103 having an L-shaped rotating rod 104 pivotally installedthereon, and the rotating rod 104 including a spring 106 sheathed in adirection towards the pivot seat 102, and a stop block 105 disposed atan end of the rotating rod 104 and substantially in a triangular shape,and a plane of the stop block 105 being parallel to the first clampingplate 10;

a second clamping plate 20, installed parallel to the first clampingplate 10, and having at least one second embossed portion 200corresponding to the first embossed portion 100 of the first clampingplate 10, at least one anti-skid structure installed onto a surface ofthe second embossed portion 200, and having a structure of an anti-skidpad with protruded dots and a tooth profile, and a positioning rod 201being pivotally installed to an end of the second clamping plate 20, andpassed through the through hole 101 of the first clamping plate 10, andan end of the positioning rod 201 being secured by a fixing nut 202, anda long hole 203 being formed on a side of the second clamping plate 20;

a press module 30, including a press rod 300 for passing through a firstpivot 301 to be pivotally installed to the pivot seat 102 of the firstclamping plate 10, and an end of the press rod 300 being extended to aposition of the bottom of the stop block 105 of the position limitmodule 103, and another end of the press rod 300 having a second pivot302 pivotally installed thereon, and a stud bolt 303 being passedthrough the second pivot 302 in a longitudinal direction, and an end ofthe stud bolt 303 having a pull handle 304 fixed thereon, and anotherend of the stud bolt 303 having a bushing 305 screwed thereon and passedthrough the second pivot 302, and an end of the bushing 305 beingriveted by a retaining block 306, and the press module 30 having acombining portion 307 in an substantially inverted hook shape anddisposed on the second clamping plate 20 for hooking the pull handle 304to the combining portion 307, and the second clamping plate 20 and thecombining portion 307 being formed integrally, so as to complete therope buckle of the present invention.

With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 for schematic views of operating thepress module in accordance with the present invention, firstly, the pullhandle 304 of the press module 30 is hooked at the combining portion 307of the second clamping plate 20, such that the press rod 300 can beturned downwardly from the top of the position limit module 103, and thefirst pivot 301 is provided for making the press rod 300 into aseesaw-like form, and lifting the pull handle 304 together with thesecond clamping plate 20, and then the press rod 300 is abutted at thebottom of the stop block 105, such that a triangular shape formed by thestop block 105 can stop the press rod 300 from being lifted and providea positioning effect.

With reference to FIG. 5 for a perspective view of a press module inaccordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention,the structure of the rope buckle is substantially the same as the ropebuckle as depicted in FIG. 1, wherein the stud bolt 303 of the pressmodule 30 includes an elastic member 308 sheathed between the secondpivot 302 and the retaining block 306, and the elastic member 308 can bea spring as shown in FIG. 5 for improving the shock absorbing effect ofthe press module 30, and appropriately adjusting the clamping force ofthe first clamping plate 10 and the second clamping plate 20 accordingto the elasticity coefficient of the elastic member 308.

With reference to FIG. 6 for a perspective view of a press module inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thestructure of the rope buckle is substantially the same as the ropebuckle as depicted in FIG. 1, wherein the combining portion 310 of thepress module 31 includes a groove 311 cut in a longitudinal direction,and a transversal rod 313 is formed at the bottom of the press module 31of the stud bolt 312 and stopped by an internal side of the combiningportion 310, such that the transversal rod 313 can also be linked byturning the press rod 314 to drive the combining portion 310 to approachthe first clamping plate 11 in order to achieve the effect of clampingthe first clamping plate 11 and the second clamping plate 21.

With reference to FIG. 7 for a perspective view of a press module inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thestructure of the rope buckle is substantially the same as the ropebuckle as depicted in FIG. 1, wherein the press module 32 includes aquick release member 320, and the combining portion 321 forms a shaftlever 322 pivotally installed at the second clamping plate 22, and theshaft lever 322 has a stud bolt 323 fixed thereon and provided for thestud bolt 323 to sheath a stop plate 324 onto a surface of the firstclamping plate 12, and the stud bolt 323 includes a press rod 325pivotally installed to the top of the stop plate 324, and the press rod325 has two pieces of cams 326 formed at positions opposite to the studbolt 323, such that the press rod 325 can be pressed down to abut thelong axle of the two cams 326 at the stop plate 324 to press the firstclamping plate 12 towards the second clamping plate 22, so as to achievethe effect of fixing the rope buckle.

With reference to FIG. 8 for a perspective view of a press module inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thestructure of the rope buckle is substantially the same as the ropebuckle as depicted in FIG. 7, wherein the stud bolt 330 of the pressmodule 33 includes another fixing nut 331 installed at a surface of thefirst clamping plate 13. The first clamping plate 13 and the secondclamping plate 23 can also be clamped and fixed by using the fixing nut331.

With reference to FIG. 9 for a perspective view of the present inventioncombined with a hooking element, the long hole 203 of the secondclamping plate 20 is installed with a hooking element 40 which is a ropebelt 400, and the rope belt 400 includes a hook 401 at an end withoutthe second clamping plate 20. As shown in FIG. 10, the rope belt 402 canbe pivotally installed to the second clamping plate 25, withoutrequiring a long hole 203 formed on the second clamping plate 20 asshown in FIG. 9 to achieve the same effect of installing the rope belt.

With reference to FIG. 11, when the rope buckle is used for transportinggoods by a truck, a rope 50 is used for tying and fixing the good 51onto the truck 52, and the method of the present invention allows a userto fix and pull a rope 50 tightly by a hand puller 53, pass the rope 50through the first clamping plate 10 and the second clamping plate 20,hook a hook 401 as shown in FIG. 9 to the bottom of the truck 52, andoperate the press module 30 as described above to clamp the firstclamping plate 10 and the second clamping plate 20 as shown in FIGS. 12and 13. By clamping the first embossed portion 100 with an anti-skidstructure of the two second embossed portion 200, the user can fix therope 50 effectively, and use the rope buckle to fix the rope 50 to thetruck. After the rope 50 is fixed, the user can remove the hand puller53 to reduce the cost of using several hand pullers 53 to tie severalropes 50. Of course, this embodiment only shows one of the applicationsof the present invention, and the rope buckle of the present inventioncan be applied in other occasions that require positioning the rope 50such as tying the goods

With reference to FIGS. 14 and 15 for a hooking element of a preferredembodiment of the present invention, the hooking element 41 is a plate410, and an end of the plate 410 is bent and passed through the longhole 203 of the second clamping plate 20, and a hook portion 411 isformed at another end, and the middle section of the hook portion 411includes a hole 412, and the plate 410 includes a positioning module 60,and the positioning module 60 includes a pull rod 600 pivotallyinstalled to the plate 410, and both ends of the pull rod 600 form afree end 601 and a pivotal end 602 respectively, and a T-shaped linkshaft 603 is pivotally installed to the pivotal end 602, and a spring604 is sheathed to a large-diameter end of the link shaft 603 and theplate 410 and provided for abutting the large-diameter end of the linkshaft 603 at a lateral side of the truck 52 to clamp the large-diameterend and the end of the hook portion 411 to the bottom of the truck 52effectively, and the hole 412 at the middle section of the hook portion411 is provided for passing a bottom latch at the bottom of the truck 52to achieve a multi-locking safety effect. If it is necessary to loosenthe rope buckle from the truck 52, a user can press the pull rod 600 byone hand to pull and separate the hook portion 411 from the bottom ofthe truck 52, so as to achieve the effect of a convenient use.

With reference to FIG. 16 for a positioning module in accordance with apreferred embodiment of the present invention, the structure of thehooking element is substantially the same as the hooking element 41 ofFIG. 15, wherein the positioning module 61 includes a pull button 610having a substantially I-shaped cross-section, and a middle section ofthe pull button 610 is pivotally passed through the plate 410, and aspring 611 is sheathed between the plate 410 and the pull button 610 andprovided for an end of the pull button 610 to abut a lateral side of thetruck 52 to achieve the same effect of the hooking element 41 asdepicted in FIG. 15. With reference to FIG. 17, a plate 420 of thehooking element 42 can be pivotally installed at the second clampingplate 25 without requiring the long hole 203 as depicted in FIG. 14.

With reference to FIG. 18, the embossed portion of the present inventionas shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted, and at least one metal rod 160, 260is pivotally installed at the first clamping plate 16 and the secondclamping plate 26, wherein the metal rods 160, 260 can be metal rodsmade of iron or steel, and the first clamping plate 16 as shown in thefigure includes a metal rod 160, and the second clamping plate 26includes two metal rods 260, and the three metal rods 160, 260 areinstalled and arranged in a substantially triangular shape. In FIGS. 19and 20, if a user operates the press module as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,the user can clamp the first clamping plate 16 and the second clampingplate 26 to fix a rope 50 between the metal rods 160, 260, so as toachieve a tight clamping effect.

The present invention improves over the prior art and complies with thepatent application requirements, and thus is duly filed for patentapplications. While the invention has been described by means ofspecific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could bemade thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from thescope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.

1. A rope buckle, comprising: a first clamping plate, having a throughhole disposed at an end of the first clamping plate; a second clampingplate, installed parallel to the first clamping plate, and having apositioning rod pivotally installed at an end of the second clampingplate, and the positioning rod passing through the through hole of thefirst clamping plate, and an end of the positioning rod being secured bya fixing nut; a press module, having a combining portion disposed at thesecond clamping plate, and an end of the press module abutting the firstclamping plate, and another end of the press module pulling thecombining portion to clamp and fix the second clamping plate and thefirst clamping plate.
 2. The rope buckle of claim 1, wherein the firstclamping plate includes a position limit module disposed at a positionadjacent to the through hole, and the position limit module includes anL-shaped rotating rod pivotally installed to the first clamping plate,and the rotating rod includes a spring sheathed in a direction towardsthe pivot seat, and a stop block fixed at an end of the rotating rod,and the stop block is substantially in a triangular shape, and a planeof the stop block is parallel to the first clamping plate.
 3. The ropebuckle of claim 2, wherein the first clamping plate includes a pivotseat at an end without the through hole, and the press module includes apress rod for passing a first pivot to pivotally installing a pivot seatof the first clamping plate, and an end of the press rod is extended toa position positioned and abutted by the stop block of the positionlimit module, and another end of the press rod is pulled at the secondclamping plate for clamping and fixing the second clamping plate and thefirst clamping plate.
 4. The rope buckle of claim 1, wherein the firstclamping plate includes a first embossed portion disposed on a surfaceof the first clamping plate, and the second clamping plate includes asecond embossed portion disposed opposite to both sides of the firstembossed portion separately, and an anti-skid structure is disposed onsurfaces of the first embossed portion and the second embossed portionseparately.
 5. The rope buckle of claim 2, wherein the press rodincludes a second pivot pivotally coupled to an end without the positionlimit module, and a stud bolt is passed through the second pivotlongitudinally, and a pull handle is fixed to an end of the stud bolt,and a bushing is screwed to another end of the stud bolt, and thebushing is passed through the second pivot, and a retaining block isriveted at an end of the bushing, and the press module includes acombining portion in a substantially inverted hook shape and disposed atthe second clamping plate for hooking the pull handle to the combiningportion.
 6. The rope buckle of claim 5, wherein the stud bolt of thepress module includes an elastic member sheathed between the secondpivot and the retaining block.
 7. The rope buckle of claim 3, whereinthe press rod includes a second pivot pivotally coupled to an endwithout the position limit module, and a screw rod is passed through thesecond pivot longitudinally, and a transversal rod is formed below thestud bolt of the press module, and the combining portion of the pressmodule includes a groove cut in a longitudinal direction, and thetransversal rod is stopped by an internal side of the combining portion.8. The rope buckle of claim 3, wherein the press module includes a quickrelease member, and the combining portion forms a shaft lever pivotallycoupled to the second clamping plate, and the shaft lever includes astud bolt for sheathing a stop plate to a surface of the first clampingplate, and the stud bolt includes a press rod pivotally coupled to thetop of the stop plate, and the press rod forms a structure of two piecesof cams at positions opposite to the stud bolt, and a long axle of thetwo cams is abutted at the stop plate to press and fix the firstclamping plate in a direction towards the second clamping plate.
 9. Therope buckle of claim 1, wherein the combining portion of the pressmodule is pivotally installed at the second clamping plate to form ashaft lever, and the shaft lever includes a stud bolt fixed thereon, andthe stud bolt includes another fixing nut disposed on a surface of thefirst clamping plate and secured by the fixing nut, and abutted at thefirst clamping plate for clamping and fixing the first clamping plateand the second clamping plate.
 10. The rope buckle of claim 1, whereinthe second clamping plate includes a hooking element pivotally coupledto a side of the second clamping plate.
 11. The rope buckle of claim 10,wherein the hooking element is a rope belt, and the rope belt includes ahook disposed at an end without the second clamping plate.
 12. The ropebuckle of claim 10, wherein the hooking element is a plate, and theplate includes a hook portion formed at an end without the secondclamping plate, and a hole is disposed at a middle section of the hookportion, and the plate includes a positioning module.
 13. The ropebuckle of claim 12, wherein the positioning module includes a pull rodpivotally installed to the plate, and both ends of the pull rod are afree end and a pivotal end respectively, and the pivotal end includes aT-shaped link shaft pivotally installed thereon, and a spring issheathed between a large-diameter end of the link shaft and the plate.14. The rope buckle of claim 12, wherein the positioning module includesa pull button having a substantially I-shaped cross-section, and amiddle section of the pull button is pivotally passed through the plate,and a spring is sheathed between the plate and the pull button.
 15. Therope buckle of claim 1, wherein the first clamping plate includes atleast one metal rod, and the second clamping plate includes at least twometal rods, such that the metal rods are installed and arranged in atriangular shape.
 16. The rope buckle of claim 1, wherein the firstclamping plate includes at least one first embossed portion disposed ona surface of the first clamping plate.
 17. The rope buckle of claim 1,wherein the second clamping plate includes at least one second embossedportion.
 18. The rope buckle of claim 16, wherein the embossed portionincludes an anti-skid structure disposed on a surface of the embossedportion.
 19. The rope buckle of claim 16, wherein the anti-skidstructure is an anti-skid pad having protruding dots or a tooth profile.20. The rope buckle of claim 1, wherein the embossed portion includes ananti-skid structure is protruding dots, a tooth profile or anti-skidpad.